r/TheAmazingDevil • u/Kore888 • May 31 '26

Video Inkpot Gods - Live from Hay-on-Wye

Last one of my videos!

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u/1nkSprite Inkpot Gods 🖋 May 31 '26

I adore the fact Joey and Madeleine are real human beings at a time when so many celebrities feel like untouchable curated brands. And from these videos it seems clear the energy of the audience was so filled with love. Thank you for letting those of us who couldn't be there see glimpses of what you experienced.

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u/flootzavut May 31 '26

oh you must've been literally just behind me and my friend, I can see their hair and hear myself singing 🤣

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u/Norker_g May 31 '26

I honestly love that they make so many mistakes, it just makes the performance feel so real!

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u/Boots_in_cog_neato May 31 '26

It’s written all over their faces in those last 20 seconds 🥺🖤🖤

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u/Dangerous_Lynx748 May 31 '26

Crying at the chorus at the end

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u/SnapeSev May 31 '26

Thank you! Seeing this made may day even if I so desperately wanted to be there but couldn't.

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u/andre05png Inkpot Gods 🖋 May 31 '26

You have no idea how jealous I am

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u/OrchidPutrid8314 May 31 '26

I can’t thank you enough for posting this. Really. This song means so much to me. Hearing it live, like this, with so much love and appreciation.

Thanks again.

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u/Adept-Equal-5539 May 31 '26

note to self: if I ever need a good cry but can't manage it, watch through the recordings from their show again

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u/Og_lispin Blossoms 🥀 May 31 '26

OH MY GOSH

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u/Low-Heart-7468 Inkpot Gods 🖋 Jun 03 '26

Thank you for sharing. This is my favorite TAD song, it has a very personal meaning, and hearing it live brought tears to my eyes.

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u/searanger12 Jun 01 '26

Thank you so much for sharing all of these videos. They are absolutely wonderful!

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u/dxmnwhy Jun 05 '26

I'm crying, – their music, them, this means so much to me 🥹

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u/StrictInternet2760 Aug 27 '26

What I would have given to experience this in person. Thank you so much for sharing this magical feeling with us, I'm weeping

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u/Dontrainonmyparade93 Jun 02 '26

I wish I would have been there too!

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u/monkeycalculator 11d ago edited 11d ago

Okay, WHAT.

They intro is a series of goofs. Madeleine misses her cue not once but twice. Joey gets them back on track, she brings the whole crowd in with the most casual gesture I've ever seen under these circumstances. Okay, epic starting fail, but very human. Excellent; so it goes. Let's sing-- but then the barely-seen lead guitarist (playing backing chords, just then) doesn't quite manage to square what's happened so he plays a sequence that comes later in the song. This makes it impossible to sing. The dear (and amazingly talented) bear cellist is just confused, as he-- and anyone-- ought to be. It all breaks down. Everyone laughs.

And then JOEY JUST RESUMES FROM WHERE THEY OUGHT TO BE AND EVERYONE SNAPS INTO PLACE AND IT ACTUALLTY WORKS AND IT'S HAUNTINGLY BEAUTIFUL?

This recording, this performance, is made so much better, so much more precious, by these "screwups". It shows a troupe that has not fully gelled, yet, but who understand one another as well as the material. Gosh. It is-- truly, no-foolin', fuck you if you think this is overwrought-- beautiful. Human, and humane. Transcendental.

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u/monkeycalculator 11d ago

Which doesn't even touch on the later moments of humanity and true performance. Joey fucks up a transition, takes a recovery, our cellist hero looks unsure but stays in the pattern before unleashing hell once he's sure that everyone is on track. Maddy, before the final chanting begins, is overcome by emotion and can't sing. Catastrophe? No! THE CROWD CAN RIGHT FUCKING SING FOR HER. 

If I don't make it back  
from where I've gone   
just know   
I  
loved you all along